Apocalyptic Survival: I Hoard Supplies in Instance Missions

At 25, Su Jing is reborn three months before the apocalypse, bringing with her a storage space. In her previous life, she was betrayed by her boyfriend and died in a system instance. In this life, ...

Chapter 60

Chapter 60

Su Jing sat at the solid wood desk in the study on the second floor of the villa, her fingertip lightly tapping the "Shop Management" icon on the system panel—

The light blue interface unfolded instantly. In the category bar on the left, the items under the three categories of "Physical Supplies," "Technological Supplies," and "Common Goods" were already sold out, with only gray "Sold Out" signs remaining.

The "Add Product" button on the right is glowing with a soft white light, waiting to be activated.

She took a deep breath and focused her attention on the inventory panel of the "Cultivation Resource Zone" in the space, and began to plan the number of pills to be put on the shelves in the first batch.

As planned, she would not put all the pills on the shelves at once—she had 3,000 Qi Gathering Pills in stock, planned to put 2,000 on the shelves, and keep 1,000 for her own use and as a backup; she also had 2,000 Healing Pills in stock, planned to put 1,500 on the shelves, and keep 500 for emergencies.

There are 999 Body Strengthening Pills in stock (1 was taken previously), 800 will be put on the market, and 199 will be reserved for personal cultivation improvement. "Cultivation resources are more precious than ordinary materials, so we must control the rate at which they are released," Su Jing thought to herself. She clicked "Add Item" and first selected "Pill Category" (a category automatically added by the system, which was not available before) to start entering information about the Qi Gathering Pills.

New products:

Product Name: Qi Gathering Pill (Low-Tier)

Product icon: Light green round pill (automatically generated)

Product Description: Low-level elixirs from the world of cultivation. After consumption, they can improve endurance and aid in the absorption of spiritual energy. Suitable for use in the early stages of cultivation, with no side effects.

Price: 100 points/piece

Inventory: 2000 units

Purchase limit: No (Multiple purchases are allowed, with no limit on the number of purchases per transaction)

A system notification sounded, and a dialog box popped up on the panel asking "Confirm Product Information?" Su Jing carefully checked each item—the description didn't mention "from a cultivation instance," only "cultivation world," which was both factual and didn't reveal details of the instance;

Priced at 100 points per piece, it is 10 times more expensive than the previously listed Sweet Grass Root (10 points/jin). This not only reflects the value of cultivation resources but also filters out ordinary participants with insufficient points, preventing the product from selling out in a short period of time.

She clicked "Confirm," and the Qi Gathering Pill successfully appeared under the "Pills Category," its light green icon standing out prominently among the gray "Sold Out" items.

Next was the healing pill. Su Jing entered the information following the same steps:

New products:

Product Name: Healing Pill (Low-Tier)

Product icon: Light red circular pill (automatically generated)

Product Description: Low-level elixirs from the world of cultivation. When applied externally, they can accelerate wound healing; when taken internally, they can alleviate internal injuries. They are effective against mechanical injuries and scratches from monsters.

Price: 100 points/piece

Inventory: 1500 pieces

Purchase limit: No

When entering the data, she specifically added "effective for both mechanical injuries and monster scratches" to the description.

Previously, many people in the global channel mentioned that they were injured in dungeons, especially by mechanical guards and monsters, and that ordinary medicines were slow to heal them. Such descriptions accurately hit the pain points of their needs.

Once the product is confirmed to be listed, the light red Healing Pill icon will appear next to the Qi Gathering Pill icon, and a red notification will automatically appear next to the "Pills Category" in the category bar indicating that "3 items" have been added, showing that the new product has been listed.

Finally, there's the Body Strengthening Pill. Considering its more direct effect in improving physical strength and its limited stock, Su Jing set her inventory at 800 pills, specifically adding a reminder in the description: "Limit 1 pill per day, excessive dosage is ineffective," to prevent anyone from blindly hoarding it.

New products:

Product Name: Health-Boosting Pill (Low-Tier)

Product icon: Pale yellow round pill (automatically generated)

Product Description: Low-grade pills from the world of cultivation. After consumption, they can enhance physical strength and resistance to attacks. Only one pill can be taken per day; excessive amounts cannot be absorbed.

Price: 100 points/piece

Inventory: 800 units

Purchase limit: No

The moment you click "Confirm," a system panel pops up with the message: "Congratulations! Three pill items have been successfully listed. There are currently three items in the 'Pills' category in your store, with sufficient stock and available for sale." Simultaneously, the store preview interface on the right refreshes.

Under the previously empty "Pill Category", three pill icons in light green, light red and light yellow are neatly arranged. Each icon is marked with "100 points/pill" and real-time inventory. Clicking on any icon will show a detailed description. The interface is simple and clear, consistent with the previous style of material listing.

Su Jing leaned back in her chair, her fingertips tracing the real-time inventory on the panel—2000 Qi Gathering Pills, 1500 Healing Pills, and 800 Body Strengthening Pills, totaling 4300 pills. At 100 points per pill, selling them all would yield 430,000 points. Adding that to her current account's 118,500 points, her total points would exceed 500,000, enough to exchange for high-level technology materials or cultivation resources in the system shop (such as the "Spiritual Qi Gathering Body" she had seen before, which could quickly increase cultivation speed).

"With more points, I'll have more options later," she thought to herself, then opened "Shop Settings" and set "New Product Launch Notification" to "Visible to All Users"—

Previously, Sweet Grass Root only pushed notifications to users in China. This time, she chose to push notifications to all users. Firstly, she wanted to see the global participants' demand for cultivation pills, and secondly, she could use high scores to filter out powerful participants and understand their resource reserves.

Just after setting it up, the system panel suddenly popped up a "Store traffic surge" notification: [Current online users: 5000+, 10 times higher than the previous peak. A large number of users have been detected clicking on the "Pills" category. Please confirm that the inventory is sufficient.]

Su Jing raised an eyebrow, surprised by the quick reaction. She casually opened the global channel and, sure enough, saw the first message related to pills pop up—it was from the dark gray "Sharp Blade (China)" Chen Yang. His message was tinged with obvious surprise, followed by a "question" emoji: "Brothers! 'Number One Shop Under Heaven' has new items! 'Pill Categories'! Qi Gathering Pills, Healing Pills, and Body Strengthening Pills, all 100 points each. These are from the cultivation world, right? Am I seeing things?"

Less than five seconds after the message was sent, the number of comments in the channel began to increase. Light blue icons for China, red icons for the United States, gold icons for the European Union, and dark blue icons for Russia appeared one after another. Although it hadn't reached the point of "boiling over," the enthusiastic atmosphere was already palpable.

Some people questioned whether it was a real elixir, some were hesitant about whether to buy it because 100 points per pill was too expensive, and others tagged Su Jing to ask if they could exchange it for supplies.

Su Jing did not reply, but simply set the channel to "background notification", got up and walked to the study window, looking at the two robots patrolling the yard - they were moving slowly along the trench, their red scanning eyes making a soft "beep" sound when they scanned the gasoline drums, everything was in good order.

She knew that putting the pills on the shelves was only the first step; in the next few hours, the channel would inevitably be in turmoil because of these three pills.

What she needed to do was to remain on the sidelines and adjust her subsequent strategies based on sales (such as whether to replenish inventory or launch a "medicine package"), while using this time to continue her cultivation—"Basic Cultivation Techniques".